so what are some historical accounts of some harsh times for a spoiled first worlder? Fiction or non.
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The idea of "first world problems" is fundamentally flawed from a sociological and psychological perspective. That peasant making 5$ an hour may very well be happier than some 9-5 wageslave.
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i see your point so here,
what are some historical accounts of some harsh times fiction or non
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Important History-Related Study / Discussion Questions 2017-02-25 01:56:52 Post No.2416716
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Important History-Related Study / Discussion Questions
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While knowing the timeline of events is important to the study of history, I think even more important is being able to formulate and respond to discussion questions. Discussion questions are not simple yes/no questions or something simple like "who was the first emperor of rome?" They are questions that require critical thinking, analysis, and interpretation to answer and don't always have a definitive answer.
So this thread will be dedicated to coming up with questions to ask ourselves while we study.
Post what civilization, time period, or historical event you are currently studying, and others will come up with discussion questions for you to think about. You should also post questions for yourself to answer.
This thread isn't necessarily for actually answering or responding to any of these questions. If a discussion question posted in this topic interests you, make a new topic about it.
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I started studying classical Chinese history today. I've already studied modern Chinese history (1900s - present). I'm going in my current book with some of these discussion questions circulating around in my head:
What elements of classical China helped shape modern China?
What were some of the main causes of the Three Kingdoms period and which of the emperors do you feel had the most 'legitimate' claim to the throne?
What caused China from 1000 - 1500 AD to become more advanced than its European counterpart?
What caused China to fall behind in modern times? What were some elements of classical China that were the cause of China's falling behind?
What caused European and Japanese imperialists to contemned China? Why was China unable to successfully defend itself?
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Why has Germany always bullied France?
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revenge for many years of neglect
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>>2416468
Revenge from West Francia bullying East Francia.
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What Really Happen at the Battle of the Granicus? 2017-02-24 11:17:03 Post No.2416198
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What Really Happen at the Battle of the Granicus?
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Come on, no one is that retard to cross a deep river with their enemies waiting on the opposing side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3KjXB-1oA8
This story is obviously fictional to give Alexander more of an exalted title. So, what do you think actually happen of the battle of the Granicus? Did he divided his troops in opposite directions(before the Persian arrived), as one portion assaults the front of the Persian army while the other portion attacks the rear, or what?
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Too late to fix grammatical mistakes. *Sigh*...
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Why not? You see similar things like with Eugene of Savoy's contingent at Blenheim. Just because you find it incredible doesn't mean that it didn't happen.
If you're going to doubt anything that seems a little weird, why stop at Granicus? Why not extend that to the siege of Tyre, or the battle of Platea (who would be dumb enough to attack with part of your force up a hill?), or any number of battles where seemingly insane stunts worked out?
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>Charles wasn't crowned by the courts therefore he did a coup
>Juana is the legitimate queen by blood and as was stated in the will of our previous queen
>On top of that Charles has broken our laws stealing money from our people and given positions of power to foreigners
>Disobeying the law leads to decadence and corruption of the values in which society is built
>Therefore he is an illegitimate king by our own laws and we Castillians owe no obidience to someone that doesn't obey our laws.
>So I conclude that Charles shall be dethrown for the well being of our kingdom
ITT good guys that lost
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was it the jews
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Stephen A. Douglas 1860 2017-02-24 09:05:40 Post No.2415579
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Had he not fucked up by pissing off the Southern Democrats and perhaps been more vocal in defending the Dred Scott Decision and the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution, could Stephen Douglas have retained the support of the Breckinridge wing of the Democratic Party and won the election of 1860?
The general impression that I get is that South Carolina would've seceded unless Breckinridge won, so if Douglas were more pro-slavery, would he have stood a chance at holding the country together? If the Supreme Court under Taney passed a decision similar to Dred Scott that restricted Congress from legislating against slavery, could we have seen the North secede from the Union like New England almost did in the War of 1812?
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I think at this point, the South was going to secede no matter what. I mean, after the North celebrated John Brown as a martyr, tensions were at the boiling point. Had Douglas won, I imagine he would have only been able to stave off the rebellion for another term. I doubt the North would have rebelled, a great many of the States fought for the Union to keep it preserved, not to free the slaves.
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this
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No, even if Douglas, Bell, and Breckinridge combined their votes they would've still lost the election with ~60% of the vote. The entire reason that the south was chimping out was because the Republicans were a northern sectarian party who was abusing the north's electoral advantage to find a path to the white house. All they had to do was push a sectarian issue (slavery) to win slim margins the increasingly populous northern states. This was the number one fear of the founding fathers who called sectarian parties the biggest threat of the republic and made up a bulk of Washington's final farewell address.
The south was terrified that once a Republican monopoly formed they'd be pretty much fucked economically and socially. The south was going to secede if Lincoln won. Jefferson pretty much wrote the exact thing 40 years earlier, pic related.
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Mao's Revolution. What a kick in the balls, Mao. You destroy their entire culture in order to create a vacuum? What a dick.
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>15 year old pot smoking teenagers in western Europe unironically fantasise about recreating the cultural revolution and putting a bullet in the back of grandma's head for going to church on sundays
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Their culture wasn't destroyed though.
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nah they kept some of their culture for tourism
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The only true caliphate.
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>not knowing about Muhammad's secret son, Bogyyah ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullāh al-Mahdi, whom established the Banu Bog tribe that hid from the powerhungry Rashiduns and are the true successors and leaders of Islam
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take that shit back to pol, shiteater.
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Gaddafi's favorite wife was a Bosnian Muslim, he definitely knew what was up.
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Has there ever been a historical economic system where employees of any job are paid partially in shares of the company they work for? For instance, an employee's salary might be X amount of dollars and 1000 shares of the company per year.
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u wot m8
the entire tech industry was basically structured like this before the first .com bubble burst
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Yes. It's called a stock option. Are you 12?
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No, just not from anywhere that such a thing exists. In fact, I had never heard of it before someone had mentioned their father had retired with thousands of shares from a company he worked for in New York. Is that so unbelievable?
Also, I was more curious in the sense of a mandated requirement of stock options from a government level as a whole. The idea that by working for specific company, you assumed partial leadership by owning a very small portion of it.
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Was it autism?
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If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.
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>when rothbards shitposting out Austrian economics on your 4chan board
420RIP 1 4 MENGER
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Enlightenment
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What are some good history trolls?
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I wonder if they complained about whiteness, blue eyes and blonde hair dying out....
>historical figure is gay
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>homosexuals wewuzing about Greece
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>eunuchs are transexuals
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>kiwi "technology"
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Add in the entire IJN and nips will have a slight chance of winning.
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>watching Freaks and Geeks
>USA vicepresident is coming over to visit at the school
>in one scene, the teacher is yelling that "second most powerful person on the planet is coming"
This is why we hate you
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>I hate America
>He types, in the American language
kek
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>He types, in the American language
>they can't even use their own (English) language properly
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Cigarettes through History 2017-02-24 11:49:02 Post No.2413796
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Cigarettes through History
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Tell me about tobacco and the history of when and how it was first smoked to the first packaged cigarettes, I'm very interested
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Do historians usually smoke?